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A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…
A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1655
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THE eighth Direction. Rest not therefore in an unrenewed, unsanctified state; that is, till this Faith and Repentance be wrought on thy own soul, and thou be truly broken off from thy former sinful course, and from all things in this world: and art Dedicated, Devoted, and Resigned unto God. Seeing this change must be made, and these graces must be had, or thou must certainly perish: in the fear of God, see that thou give no ease to thy mind till thou art thus changed. Be content with nothing till this be done. Delay not another day. How canst thou live merrily, or sleep quietly in such a ⟨p. 270⟩Condition, as if thou shouldst dye in it, thou shouldst perish for ever? Especially when thou art every hour uncertain whether thou shalt see another hour, and not be presently snatch away by death? Me thinks while thou a•t in so sad a case, which way ever thou art going, or what ever thou art doing, it should still come into thy thoughts, Oh what if I should Dye, before I be Regenerate, and have part in Christ!
THE ninth Direction. Let it be the daily care of thy soul, to mortify thy fleshly desires, and overcome this world; and live as in a continual Conflict with Satan, which will not be ended till thy life do end. If any thing destroy thee ⟨p. 271⟩by drawing away thy heart from God, it will be thy carnal self, thy fleshly desires, and the allurements of this world, which is the matter that they fed upon. This therefore must be the earnest work of thy life, to subdue this flesh and set light by this world, and resist the Devil, that by these would destroy thee. It is the common case of miserable hypocrites, that at first they list them selves under Christ as for a fight, but they presently forget their state and work; and when they are once in their own conceit Regenerate, they think themselves so safe, that there is no further danger; and thereupon do lay down their Arms, and take that which they miscall their Christian Liberty, and indulge and please that flesh, which they promised to mortify, and close with the